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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1878
Page
4
A censored lamentive passage presents a childlike speaker recalling a departed girl. The lines describe watching light touch, a lark overhead, and a rose and lily imagery, with prayers to the divine for the lost child and reflections on sorrow in a young face and voice.
Lady Yarlett travels to Hever Castle where she clashes with Herbert Lloyd Montjoys’ bailiff and man of business. Her vanity and his discipline unfold as quarantine and social theatrics give way to a cautious, revealing confrontation about ambition and virtue.
A tale unfolds as Lady Yarlett yields to Colin after weeks of evasive passion. Mr. Montjoy loses his trusted factotum to Lady Yarlett while the Countess resists and then capitulates to Colin's bold pursuit. The scene ends with Montjoy displaced and affection claimed.
The Burlington Hawkeye reflects on Gen. B. F. Butler’s Gettysburg address about the private soldier in the Civil War. It laments their disappearance from public life and notes diverse fates from enlistment to drift, jokingly lamenting a vanished army of individuals once essential to campaigns.
A writer describes hunting monkeys by burying grain in holes and using a noose connected to a line in a bush. Monkeys probe holes, grab grain, and trigger the noose, capturing one and hauling it away before releasing it to its troop.
Harry Evans two and a half years old fell into a nearly boiling scrubbing vessel after riding his rocking horse. He suffered for about six hours before dying. He repeatedly cried I am papa's little man as his life ended. The tale also notes Mrs Jonas Hay’s scalp grafts after a mill accident and her recovery.
The Ohio Democratic convention in Columbus ordered by John G. Thompson convened to endorse a platform and nominate for state offices. David R. Paige was nominated for Secretary of State. Alexander S. Hume for Supreme Court. Rush R. Fields and others contested Board of Public Works, with Fields eventually chosen on the second ballot. The platform denounces Republican financial policy, supports silver, local self-government, and thorough electoral reform, and vows labor support and peace.
An 1847 Lancet account details John Harnshaw known as Monsieur Gouffe an athlete who displayed hanging as spectacle across England. He used a fixed knot rope passed behind one ear to avoid obstructing the windpipe and jugulars could bear 150 pounds extra, yet on three occasions he lost consciousness before rescue. Dr Chowne notes the peril and calls the act dangerous.
The Philadelphia Times critiques the Azor voyage to Liberia as mismanaged and racist in motive. It argues Liberian colonization failed to offer prosperity, notes deaths from overcrowding, and urges Black Americans to seek equal rights at home rather than emigrate.
The article describes Theodore H. and Herman T. Thomas, identical twin lawyers age about twenty five, sharing a practice as Thomas & Thomas. They differ only by a tiny nasal bend, live together, dress alike, speak German, and commonly confuse clients who meet the other. They remain unmarried with overlapping tastes and offices.
A compilation of vintage kitchen instructions including Make Yeast Cakes and various dessert and pastry methods. Recipes cover sponge cake Boston cream cakes boiled apple dumplings pie plant charlotte and fruit varieties with steps for dough, fillings, and baking. Includes measurements and technique notes for mid 19th century home cooks.
President Blanchard of the Western New York Dairymen's Association denounces a self styled knowing class of farmers who shun clubs and display vanity over dollars. He argues this group is shrinking as better organized farmers improve knowledge, reduce quarrels, and foster cooperative communities through clubs and Granges.
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